U21 Thanh Nien Newspaper won the U21 International Tournament - Thanh Nien Newspaper 2013

Defeating U21 Sydney 4-1 in the penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw in 90 official minutes, U21 Thanh Nien Newspaper was crowned champion.

Thanh Nien Newspaper U21 won the championship after defeating Sydney U21 in a thrilling match. Photo: Anh Tai

Having beaten U21 Thanh Nien Newspaper 4-0 in the group stage, U21 Sydney showed great confidence when entering the final match. Despite the pressure from about 12,000 spectators, the Australian team did not waver. Meanwhile, U21 Thanh Nien Newspaper had to use a fierce and somewhat tough playing style to reduce the attacks of U21 Sydney.

However, Duy Khanh's poor handling of the ball in the 43rd minute gave the visitors a good chance to attack. And in the attack, Joshua had a beautiful volley to put U21 Sydney ahead.

The presence of Dinh Bao at the end of the first half helped the attack of U21 Thanh Nien newspaper to be stronger than the beginning of the second half. And in the 67th minute, this striker had a rather delicate offside trap to easily defeat goalkeeper Tristan in a face-to-face situation, scoring the equalizer 1-1 for Dinh Van Dung and his team. That was also the final score of the 90 minutes.

The situation forced the two teams to enter a penalty shootout to determine the position. In this nerve-wracking shootout, goalkeeper Van Cong excellently saved 2 11m kicks, thereby helping U21 Thanh Nien newspaper win 4-1 to become the champion.

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Champion: U21 Thanh Nien Newspaper – Cup and 12,000 USD

Second Place: U21 Sydney - 7,000 USD

Third Place: U21 Malaysia – 5,000 USD

Top scorer: Alec Urosevki

Best player of the tournament: Ho Khac Ngoc

Best Vietnamese player of the tournament: The Nhat

Best goalkeeper: Tristan (U21 Sydney)

Fair-play: U21 Myanmar – 3,000 USD

According to Bongdaplus - DT